zrinking Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 BioWare: SWTOR players average 4-6 hours per session The average play session for Star Wars: The Old Republic is between four and six hours long, claims BioWare Austin chief Greg Zeschuk. Speaking in an interview with Kotaku, Zeschuk insisted that once gamers log in they're finding it hard to stop playing. "When they play, their sessions are absurd," he said, citing concrete telemetry data. "What it implies is that we've managed to pull off this 'just-one-more-quest, just-one-more-thing' feeling. I find myself doing that all the time. I just get sucked back in. The playing of the game is off the charts." He added that Sunday is the busiest play day of the week, while on a weekday, "our average peak play time is mid-afternoon, because East Coast is getting off work, Europe is off work and in their peak, and as Europe goes down, North America goes up." "The other thing that's really funny is you can tell when things are going really well in the game because the amount of forum chatter drops. People don't go to forums. They just play." http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-24-bioware-swtor-players-average-4-6-hours-per-session Nice ......... the haters are gonna go nuts over this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerumis Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 i agree with this as a normal player. i do play about 4 to 6 hours when i play. i tend to play more mid afternoon also. lol. and i play probably around 4 days a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technohic Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 lol Makes sense. I have had many times where I only get an hour or 2 and it is just plain maddening when I log off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IIII-IIII-IIII Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 2-4 hours are dedicated to the loading screen of the 4-6 hours logged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaltom Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 2-4 hours are dedicated to the loading screen of the 4-6 hours logged in. Are you playing TOR on an Atari Potato? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IIII-IIII-IIII Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) Umad? that's your response to my sarcasm? Are you playing TOR on an Atari Potato? That's more like it! Edited February 24, 2012 by IIII-IIII-IIII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkfreudHC Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 4-6 hours sounds about right for the Ilum daily. ba dump tsh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idunhavaname Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 4-6 hours sounds about right for the Ilum daily. ba dump tsh! Lol this. It takes me about 1-2 hours to complete PvP daily and another hour for Ilum PvP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnQPerson Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yea, I play for about that long because after the kids go to bed I have about 4 hours till my bed time. It would be interesting to know how long people play depending on the time of day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostalTwinkie Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 2-4 hours are dedicated to the loading screen of the 4-6 hours logged in. Hahahahaha. In truth, I absolutely agree with what BW is saying. When I do play it is for at least that amount of time, even if I don't play everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowerslayer Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Are you playing TOR on an Atari Potato? You sir owe me a new keyboard. I spat coke all over it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeel_Aldair Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Are you playing TOR on an Atari Potato? Yes! Good! I like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaltom Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 You sir owe me a new keyboard. I spat coke all over it! I hereby allow use of that quote as a sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephismo Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 i agree with this as a normal player. i do play about 4 to 6 hours when i play. i tend to play more mid afternoon also. lol. and i play probably around 4 days a week. 4-6 hours is not normal:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethality Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 BioWare: SWTOR players average 4-6 hours per session The average play session for Star Wars: The Old Republic is between four and six hours long, claims BioWare Austin chief Greg Zeschuk. Speaking in an interview with Kotaku, Zeschuk insisted that once gamers log in they're finding it hard to stop playing. "When they play, their sessions are absurd," he said, citing concrete telemetry data. "What it implies is that we've managed to pull off this 'just-one-more-quest, just-one-more-thing' feeling. I find myself doing that all the time. I just get sucked back in. The playing of the game is off the charts." He added that Sunday is the busiest play day of the week, while on a weekday, "our average peak play time is mid-afternoon, because East Coast is getting off work, Europe is off work and in their peak, and as Europe goes down, North America goes up." "The other thing that's really funny is you can tell when things are going really well in the game because the amount of forum chatter drops. People don't go to forums. They just play." http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-24-bioware-swtor-players-average-4-6-hours-per-session Nice ......... the haters are gonna go nuts over this Players that play MMOs play in long sessions... that's how it's done. Where do you think the term poopsock originated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthTHC Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 And 2/3 of that is spent typing the text, "LFG <insert stuff here>" while standing on Fleet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khryn Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 And 2/3 of that is spent typing the text, "LFG <insert stuff here>" while standing on Fleet. Only if you have the reputation of being a baddy. I get groups quickly when I want them. Plus I know it's time to move on to do something else if it's painfully obvious there isn't anyone else wanting to do FPs or whatever. I spend more time doing quests, pvping, or even chatting with my guild then I do spamming "LFG" like some lost puppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaltom Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Only if you have the reputation of being a baddy. A character who shall remain nameless on my server has spammed LFG so many times that people have put him on /ignore I think. Sometimes this happens Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Random guy: HM group LF 1 tank then moving out Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM And he is still spamming minutes later because no one wants that dude in his group. I wonder what he did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthTHC Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Only if you have the reputation of being a baddy. I get groups quickly when I want them. Plus I know it's time to move on to do something else if it's painfully obvious there isn't anyone else wanting to do FPs or whatever. I spend more time doing quests, pvping, or even chatting with my guild then I do spamming "LFG" like some lost puppy. Hmm. I must be a baddy then. Maybe I'll stop healing and start letting people die? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewser Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Nope its just more proof that SWTOR is failing. Bioware sees the forums and are just feeding you guys so you would make posts like these and now since there are not many haters left you will think everything is fine. Why in the world would the state of forum have anything to do with me thinking the game was fine or not? It is real simple, if I have fun, I play. When it is no longer fun, I find something else fun to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikassi Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 sounds about right, it usually takes me 2.5 hours to complete the dailies on Belsavis and Illum and then another hour to win 3 WZ's .. Then i just sit there for anoth .5 hours staring at the screen wondering what to do! And quite honestly, it can take 4 hours just to get a group to run a HM FP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emeda Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 A character who shall remain nameless on my server has spammed LFG so many times that people have put him on /ignore I think. Sometimes this happens Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Random guy: HM group LF 1 tank then moving out Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM Jerk: 50 vanguard LFG HM And he is still spamming minutes later because no one wants that dude in his group. I wonder what he did? Whatever it was LFG will fix the problem for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrinking Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 they forget to mention is that its even harder to want to log in. I do not get on the forums during the weekend ...... so I will say bye to you now since Sunday is your last day. Have fun with those pandas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daden Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hmm...this is the general forums, so there can only be two explanations: 1) Bioware liez! 2) Those people are just trying to "get their moneys' worth" before canceling and subsequently trolling the forums for the rest of their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaltom Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Whatever it was LFG will fix the problem for him. 24th is here. You ready to resub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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